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photos of the universe
as viewed from the Hubble
Telescope which has
been in orbit around the Earth since April 4, 1990.

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As you have seen, the photos
of the universe in the above slide show are truly amazing, displaying
its magnitude and beauty! David, the Psalmist of Israel, wrote these words many centuries
ago:

Psalm 19:1-2 (Amplified
Bible)
"The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament
shows and proclaims His handiwork. Day after day pours forth
speech, and night after night shows forth knowledge."

Even from David's limited perspective, he saw the glory of God displayed in the very small part of the physical
universe that he could see with the naked eye. I wonder what
he would have said if he had been able to view the universe from
the Hubble Telescope!

But as amazing as all of this may seem to us, what is even more amazing is the visit our Creator-God made to this tiny
planet called Earth
over 2,000 years ago in the Person of the Lord Jesus Christfor
the purpose of redeeming
sinners from Adam's fallen race! The following
passages set forth this truth, and tell the wonderful story of the grace of God:

John 1:1-3,14
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with
God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any
thing made that was made. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory
as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth."

1 John 4:9-10
"In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because
that God sent his only
begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved
God, but that he loved
us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins."

The APOSTLE PAUL was a
determined persecutor of the church and murderer of Christians
before his miraculous conversion, then known as Saul of Tarsus.
His conversionwhile on the road to Damascus on a journey
to arrest and kill the followers of Christis detailed in
the Book of Acts at this link:

After reading the story of Saul's
conversion set forth in the passage above, it is no wonder that
later as the Apostle Paul, he could write the following statements
concerning the grace
of God in saving sinners through the Person and work of the crucified, buried,
risen, exalted, glorified, and enthroned Lord Jesus Christ:

1 Timothy 1:15 (New
King James Version)
"This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance,
that Christ Jesus came
into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief."

Philippians 2:5-11
"Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
Who, being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made
himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant,
and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled
himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every
knee should bow, of
things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father."

2 Corinthians 8:9 (New
King James Version)
"For you know the
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became
poor, that you through His poverty might become rich."

Is it any wonder that
Paul, the converted persecutor of the church, gloried in the
cross of Christ, as expressed in Galatians 6:14:

Galatians 6:14 (Amplified
Bible)
"But far be it from me to glory [in anything or anyone]
except in the cross
of our Lord Jesus Christ
(the Messiah) through Whom the world has been crucified to me,
and I to the world!"

Again, is it any wonder
that Paul could write these words to the Christians in Rome in
A.D. 57:

Romans 3:21-26
"But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is
revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, even the righteousness of God, through
faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference; for all
have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified freely by His grace
through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God set
forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness,
because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that
were previously committed, to demonstrate at the present time
His righteousness, that He
might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

Romans 5:6-11
"For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man
will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even
dare to die. But God
commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died
for us. Much more
then, being now justified
by his blood, we shall
be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled
to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled,
we shall be saved by his life. And not only so, but we also joy in God through
our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement."